1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qd6 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Bxc6 17. f3 Ne5 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. O-O Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. Bg3 Ng6 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Nf8 24. e4 N8d7 25. e5 Nh5 26. b5 Nxg3 27. hxg3 axb5 28. cxb5 Bd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Nc5 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Rc6 Rb7 34. f4 Ke7 35. Bd5 Nd7 36. Rxh6 gxh6 37. Bxb7 f6 38. exf6+ Nxf6 39. Kf2 Ne8 40. g4 Kf6 1-0

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Opening: Nimzo-Indian, Classical (E32)
Player profiles: F Forgues, G Grigorov

Novelty of stem-game: 12. ...a6

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6  8. Bh4 Bb7  9. e3 d6  10. Ne2 Nd7  11. Qd3 c5  12. Nc3

page 1 of 1; 2 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Vandevoort vs D Pira   1-0 24 2003 3rd NAO GM E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. G Grigorov vs F Forgues   1-0 40 2005 BELFORT YWCC BU18 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6  8. Bh4 Bb7  9. e3 d6  10. Ne2 Nd7  11. Qd3

page 1 of 1; one game    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Enchev vs B Ivanov   1-0 44 2012 Albena Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6  8. Bh4 Bb7  9. e3 d6

page 1 of 1; 3 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zsuzsa Polgar vs N Ioseliani   ½-½ 61 1993 Ch World (match) (cand.) (fin) (w), Monaco E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. M Krallmann vs A Caoili   1-0 47 2001 Dortmund op-A E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. L Quendro vs G Valenti   ½-½ 49 2001 Trofeo Intel Pentium E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6  8. Bh4 Bb7  9. e3

page 1 of 1; 4 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Oll vs Psakhis   ½-½ 18 1988 URS-FL56 Klaipeda E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. Baburin vs T Luther   1-0 61 1992 Budapest (Hungary) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. R Gerber vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 50 1995 open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. Ehlvest vs R Burnett   1-0 38 2003 World Open: Open Section E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6  8. Bh4 Bb7

page 1 of 1; 11 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Hjorth vs L Liljedahl   0-1 31 1971 Eskilstuna E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. Petursson vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 18 1988 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. Petursson vs Psakhis   ½-½ 61 1988 Belgrade GMA-op E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. G Timoshchenko vs M Llopis de Aysa   1-0 30 1994 Biel MTO op E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Kiril Georgiev vs Karpov 0-1 40 1994 Netherlands, It E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. Lazarev vs A Caoili   1-0 66 2001 open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. H Lahlum vs A Caoili   1-0 44 2001 Classics IMA E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. D Lemos vs F Parrilli   1-0 46 2005 American Continental E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. V Golod vs R Burnett   ½-½ 44 2006 Spring North American FIDE Invitational E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. A Braun vs K Schuster   1-0 49 2008 5th LGA Premium Cup E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. A Gara vs E Kahn   ½-½ 11 2008 FSIMA February E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6  8. Bh4

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Yrjola vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 13 1989 Espoo zt E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. Chekhov vs L Gostisa   ½-½ 42 1990 Pula op E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. R J Dive vs Barbero   ½-½ 61 1990 Olympiad E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. R Shcherbakov vs Savon   ½-½ 21 1991 Cheliabinsk E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Bareev vs Polugaevsky   1-0 59 1992 Hastings E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. Xu Jun vs R Antonio   1-0 53 1994 Jakarta, Cat.10 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. O Touzane vs M Hoffmann   0-1 42 1994 Lippstadt, Cat.8 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. Lautier vs Epishin   1-0 54 1994 Las Palmas E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. Lautier vs Karpov   ½-½ 30 1994 Dos Hermanas, Cat.16 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. Azmaiparashvili vs D Garcia Ilundain   ½-½ 67 1996 ESP E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. R Vera vs I Morovic   ½-½ 26 1996 Capablanca A Cienfuegos City CUB E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. Bareev vs G Milos   ½-½ 39 2000 WCC E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. B Bjornsson vs B Jonsson   0-1 41 2001 ISL-chT 2000/01 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 14. Yu Mingyuan vs Wang Shuai   ½-½ 18 2001 XXVI Elekes Mem IM E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. E Arlandi vs H Kallio   ½-½ 64 2001 EuTCh E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 16. Goldin vs G Milos 1-0 69 2003 Torneo Continental Americano E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. M Lapcevic vs M Perunovic   0-1 21 2005 Sozina E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 18. Baburin vs Z Gyimesi 0-1 29 2005 E.U. Championship and Cork Chess Congress E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. F Cavalcanti vs G Milos   0-1 54 2005 72nd Brazilian Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 20. J Radovanovic vs Z Gyimesi   ½-½ 26 2006 European Union Individual Championships E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. C Daly vs D Barria   0-1 71 2006 37th Chess Olympiad E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. I Brooks vs A Nickel   0-1 62 2007 Simon Webb Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. H Steingrimsson vs R Zelcic   1-0 60 2007 European Team Chess Championships E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. A A Kharitonov vs Y Yakovich ½-½ 22 2007 Moscow Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. Shaobin vs Y Drozdovskij   0-1 59 2008 Mindsports E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 42

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5

page 1 of 52; games 1-25 of 1,294  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lokvenc vs Keres   0-1 35 1943 Praha E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. Reshevsky vs Keres ½-½ 26 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. S Pavlik vs F Blatny 0-1 37 1954 CSR-ch sf E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. G Forintos vs Filip   1-0 43 1962 Reggio Emilia 6263 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Taimanov vs Parma   1-0 58 1964 Leningrad (Russia) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. A J Whiteley vs C W Pritchett   1-0 40 1968 BCF-ch E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 7. I Aloni vs H Ree   1-0 40 1968 Netanya E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. G Forintos vs Keres   ½-½ 74 1970 Budapest Inf9/501 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. G Forintos vs Parma   ½-½ 48 1970 Siegen (Germany) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. A J Whiteley vs H Bouwmeester   ½-½ 15 1970 ENG-NED m E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. A J Whiteley vs B Cafferty   ½-½ 25 1971 BCF-ch E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 12. H Ree vs K Langeweg   1-0 35 1971 Amsterdam IBM E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. G Forintos vs T Van Scheltinga   1-0 21 1971 Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens B, NED E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 14. Doroshkievich vs Igor Ivanov   ½-½ 14 1977 Tournament E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 15. H Ree vs M Stean   1-0 23 1979 Amsterdam IBM E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 16. H Ree vs G Ligterink   1-0 30 1980 Wijk aan Zee I E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. Gheorghiu vs Timman   0-1 53 1980 Malta (ol) 30/647 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 18. G Forintos vs K Kaiszauri   ½-½ 41 1981 9. Eksjo SK E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. J N Metge vs P Garbett   1-0 49 1982 Auckland Easter Tt E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 20. A J Whiteley vs G Morrison   ½-½ 12 1985 London NWYM E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. A J Whiteley vs P Wells   ½-½ 17 1985 London NWYM E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 22. B Haldorsson vs Miles   1-0 59 1986 Reykjavik E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. P Nikolic vs S Agdestein   0-1 38 1988 Wijk aan Zee E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. Karpov vs C Hansen 1-0 58 1988 Karpov,A, Wijk aan Zee 45/687 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. P Nikolic vs Short   ½-½ 31 1988 Tilburg 46/755 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 52; games 1-25 of 1,294

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